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Thursday, January 6, 2011

My Daughter's Room - The Big Reveal

As you know I have been working on redoing my ten year old daughter's room for some time now. I have tried every furniture configuration you can imagine (thanks to those handy gliding furniture movers). I think I have the best layout to maximize space in her space challenged room. I think I have also made it a pretty, calming space for my ten year old taking into account the colors she wanted (it all started with her wanting a room with aqua in it) and that she wanted to keep her daybed. Here is the final reveal.

Much of what you see I made in her room.

That beautiful chandelier is a Schonbek we purchased for her a few years ago.

The bedskirt and the euro shams were easy projects. You can find out how I did these here and here. For now I flipped her quilt over to the striped side. The other side seemed to be too busy for the new pillows and bedskirt. For now I think it works. The lamp on the left is from Home Goods and the lamp on the right (on her desk) is from Target for the base (shabby chic) and Pottery Barn Kids for the lampshade.

The drapes are from Target's shabby chic line and were very reasonably priced. The curtain rod is from pottery barn kids. You can see a closeup of the rod and how to hang drapes like this here.

The pink wall was stenciled by me. That wall alone took almost five hours. Click here to see how I achieved the look of wallpaper with a stencil. The memo board was made by me. Click here to see how I made it. Super fast and easy project for less than $20. The desk and chair I found up in my attic. I moved the desk next to her bed and it really opened up her room. Using fabric I already had I recovered that chair. Click here to see how I transformed the chair.

Ultimately this desk got moved next to her bed as seen in the pictures at the top of the post.

The word art I made as well. The flowers and hearts on the word art were made using paint samples from Lowes. You can check out how to make the word art here. The vines and birds are decals from Home Goods.

I replaced the formica furniture she had (which was a hand me down from when we were first married) with a find I got at the Ethan Allen annual warehouse sale. I got the armoire for 40% off the regular price. It's a perfect fit for her room. I got humpty dumpty to come off the wall...my daughter wasn't willing to completely get rid of him...so for now he will sit on top of the armoire.

The banner behind her door was made by me a few years ago. I totally copied the idea from a banner than posh tots sells. I just did it for a fraction of the price. The little heart table with the dolls on it was painted by me as well. I got it at AC Moore when I was pregnant with my daughter. The "S" door hanging was also homemade by me. You can check out here how I made it.

up close picture of table...I stenciled her first and middle name on each leg

This is her wall of closets. Makes it tough for furniture arranging when one entire wall has closets. Also, I would love to remove the bypass doors and replace them with french doors. The downside to that is that the doors would then open up into her room...using up even more space in her space challenged room.

The birds and flowers on the doors are decals from Home Goods.

The mirror you see is from Home Goods. I didn't mind putting her beautiful armoire behind the door since you can see its reflection when you walk into the room in this mirror. This mirror is huge and heavy. It was only $39.99 at Home Goods! (I still think it had to be mis-marked - Home Goods was selling the same brand mirror in half the size for twice the price). The little side table is from Target's shabby chic line. The lamp shade was embellished by me. You can check that out here.
The chair in her room didn't start looking like that.

It started out looking like this.

The chair was reupholstered to look like this. Pretty amazing, right?

The "dream" and "imagine" are also decals from Home Goods costing $9.99 (the rest of the decal was used on the other side of the room near the memo board).

The picture I already had in the house (technically it was under a bed waiting to reappear somewhere in the house). It seems to go well with the soft feel of her room.

Her door sign started as a heart shaped piece of wood bought from AC Moore. I decoupaged scrapbook paper on it, painted letters and used my hot glue gun to attach them. I then used industrial strength sticky back velcro to attach it to the door (I used regular strength first and it fell off the door within two weeks-too heavy I guess).

Here's the before and after:

Before

I think I am done...or at least for the moment. Let me know what you think of her room now. I'd love your feedback.

98 comments:

Hi Judy! What a precious room! I know your little girl is thrilled with her more grown up room. Love all you've done to it - you've put so much love into every project! The stenciled wall looks amazing! Good job! Now take a break and rest! ;)Be a sweetie,Shelia ;)

Judy you did such a great job giving this room the perfect "tween" touches yet retaining the little girl-ness of it all! Every detail is so beautifully and thoughtfully executed and it gave me lots of great ideas for when my own little girl wants a big girl room someday. :-) I'm so glad we got to get the whole tour and soak in all of the loveliness!Vanessa

What a pretty room for a young girl who is now in double digits. I always think of 10 as being the age when they want to show their personality a little more, but the bedroom still needs to be a sanctuary. You've done a lovely job - the bed and the window treatment are beautiful.

Oh my...there are 50 ideas in this post ... absolutely gorgeous! Does Sydney love it?Wonderful serene and just the right amount of girly!(The rocking chair...WOW! I know so many new mom's with this kind of chair that would love to have it redone like you did! Did you have it done? I wonder if you or whoever did the chair would be able to do a tutorial? Maybe it's too hard but truly that's just a miracle!!! :)xoRobin

Hi Judy! Just coming back by to say thanks for linking up your daughter's room to the party this week! There was so much great inspiration in this post and the only thing that would make it better is if I could see it in person and we could chat over a cup of coffee! :-)Vanessa

Judy, This space took my breath away!!! Every inch is beautiful! The pink and aqua is a perfect here, so very, very pretty. I LOVE IT. What color did you use on the walls?? It's such a pretty, soothing shade!

Soo elegant. Your decor and design are truly amazing. Your little girl must be so happy. I just re-did my 10 year old daughter's room too. They are at such a fun age to decorate for because they get and appreciate it...

I love this! Thanks so much for linking up and for posting my button! Hubby and I put a Schonbek mini chandelier in my closet when we remodeled our master bedroom and bathroom. Aren't they so pretty? :)

Your daughters room looks beautiful and very relaxing. I'm currently working on my two daughters room and can't wait for it to be done! They use to be in separate rooms but my husband and I recently decided that we wanted them to have a play room where toys stay and a bedroom to relax in. With all the messes they make there used to be no room left for relaxing. lol! Again, you did a beautiful job with the room. I bet your daughter loves hanging out in it.

What GORGEOUS space for a little girl. I love every detail. Did you do a tutorial on how you transformed that glider rocker? I have one & would love to see how you did it. I've seen those banners at Posh Tots and they are indeed pricey. You did a great job replicating it! Thank you so much for sharing this at air your laundry Friday!

Oh wow. So glad I got to see the finished product. It is so pretty and feminine and youthful but with a bit more posh. Love it. So many great touches. I especially love the wall colors, the chandelier and the banner. You are one talented chicka.Thanks for sharing on Motivated Monday at BeColorfulPam

This room is so sweet and perfect for a girly girl! I love the way the bed and all your beautiful linens turned out! And of course your stenciled wall! I SOOOO want to do this!You did an amazing job! I'm sure Sydney just loves it!

Dear Judy...Normally I don't comment on these things but you deserve high praise...I have been looking at website after website for ideas and nothing compared to your masterpiece.. You truly did an awesome job...Please do show any other jobs you plan to work on.....Take care.

Hi Judy, Just read your guest post over At The Picket Fence and had to come by to check out the rest of your daughter's room. Wow, it's stunning!! Great job and I love how you did soo much of it yourself. I'm sure she can feel how much you love her when she's in there. : ) ~ Catie

Besides a lot of work poured into that beautiful room is a lot of love and devotion. I hope your daughter will always remember your love and effort. Your daughter is very fortunate for not every little 10 year old has a room like that.

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Awesome tips. I like it. glass sliding doors . I always make my own curtains and have to compliment you on your clear tutorial -you are right- more thabnanything, it is very time consuming but so rewarding.